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BRIEFING DATE: August 29, 2006
U.S. Census Bureau News Conference on Income, Earnings, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage Findings
The U.S. Census Bureau held a news conference to release two reports: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005, containing findings from the Current Population Survey (CPS); and Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS). The CPS findings are national, while the ACS findings pertain to states, as well as counties and cities of 65,000 or more people. The ACS report also includes a comparison of earnings for men and women by selected characteristics, including industry and occupation.
Participants: Louis Kincannon, Director, U.S. Census Bureau; David Johnson, Chief, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
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DATE: August 30, 2005
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage/American Community Survey
Data: 2004
The
U.S. Census Bureau held a news conference to release two reports: Income,
Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004,
containing findings from the Current Population Survey (CPS); and Income,
Earnings, and Poverty Data from the 2004 American Community Survey (ACS).
The CPS findings are for the nation and states, while the ACS findings
pertain to states, as well as counties and cities of 250,000 or more people.
The ACS report also includes a comparison of earnings for men and women
by selected characteristics, including race and Hispanic origin, education,
industry and occupation.
Participants:
Jacque Mason, assistant to the associate director of communications, U.S.
Census Bureau
Hermann
Habermann, deputy director, U.S. Census Bureau
Charles Nelson, assistant division chief for Income, Poverty and Health
Statistics, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, U.S. Census
Bureau
Preston J. Waite, associate director for Decennial Census, U.S. Census
Bureau.
BRIEFING DATE: Aug. 26,
2004
Income, Poverty, Health Insurance and American Community Survey (ACS)
The Census
Bureau held this news conference to release the consolidated report on
2003 money income, poverty and health insurance coverage for the nation--
results based on the Current Population Survey. Simultaneously, the Census
Bureau will release income and poverty data from the 2003 American Community
Survey for states and other areas with populations of 250,000 or more.
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BRIEFING DATE: Oct. 17, 2001
Census Bureau Announces Decision on Whether To Adjust Census 2000 Population
Counts
The Commerce Department's Census
Bureau held a news conference to announce the decision on whether to adjust
Census 2000 population data. Census Bureau Acting Director William Barron's
decision was based on the Executive Steering Committee for Accuracy and
Coverage Evaluation Policy's (ESCAP) detailed report and recommendation.
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BRIEFING DATE: Sept. 25, 2001
Census Bureau News Conference on Income and Poverty
The Commerce Department's Census
Bureau releases annual income and poverty statistics at a news conference
on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Daniel
Weinberg, chief of the Census Bureau's Housing and Household Economic
Statistics Division, discusses the findings of the two reports for calendar
year 2000, Money Income in the United States: 2000 and Poverty in the
United States: 2000. The reports are based on data collected in the March
2001 Current Population Survey.
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BRIEFING DATE: April 2, 2001
Census Bureau Briefs Reporters on Population Change and Distribution from
1990 to 2000
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau held a news conference to
discuss the significance of the U.S. population increase between 1990
and 2000. Census Bureau demographers also examined population shifts at
the state, metro area, county and large city levels. News Conference Participants:
John Long, chief of the Population Division, Marc Perry & Paul Mackun,
Population Division.
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BRIEFING DATE: March 12, 2001
Census Bureau briefs reporters on Census 2000 Race and Hispanic-Origin
Findings
News Conference Participants:
Claudette Bennett, chief of Racial Statistics Branch, Jorge del Pinal,
chief of Special Population Statistics
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BRIEFING DATE: December 28, 2000
Commerce Secretary and Census Bureau Director Release First Census 2000
Data
Commerce Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, Under Secretary for Economic
Affairs Robert J. Shapiro and Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt release
the first set of Census 2000 numbers: the resident population and Congressional
apportionment totals for each state.
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BRIEFING DATE: December 5, 2000
Census Bureau Director Provides Updates on Census 2000 Operations
Director Kenneth Prewitt (at left)
holds a news briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000 to discuss current Census
2000 operations, including delivery of the apportionment data to the President.
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BRIEFING DATE: September 19, 2000
Commerce Secretary and Census Bureau Director Announce Final Response
Rates for Census 2000
Secretary of Commerce Norman Mineta and Census Bureau Director Kenneth
Prewitt announced the release of Census 2000 final response rates for
the nation, counties, cities and census tracts at a news briefing on Tuesday,
Sept. 19, at the National Press Club. The final rates update the initial
response rates posted on the Internet last April. They show how many housing
units returned a census questionnaire by mail, phone, Internet or via
a "Be Counted" form obtained at a community center.
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BRIEFING DATE: July 26, 2000
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BRIEFING DATE: June 14, 2000
Topic: Census Bureau Director
Kenneth Prewitt and a senior Department of Commerce official were joined
by former Census Bureau Directors Martha Farnsworth Riche and Barbara
Bryant.
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BRIEFING DATE: June 8, 2000
Topic: Midterm summary of Census 2000 accomplishments
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BRIEFING DATE: May 16, 2000
Topic: Non-response follow-up phase & quality control issues
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BRIEFING DATE: April 25, 2000
Topic: Follow-up phase & confidentiality guarantees
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BRIEFING DATE: April 19, 2000
Topic: Initial Response Rates
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